Where does “huulipuna” come from?

huulipuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish puna, from Proto-Finnic puna, from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna — color, hair.

huulipuna (Finnish): lipstick

Definitions

  1. lipstick

Ancestry of “huulipuna”, step by step

huulipuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpunaThe color red
2Proto-Finnicpunared
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

via Finnish huuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuulilip, labium either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth
2Proto-Finnichuulilip
3Proto-Uralicšulebosom, lap, open arms

Words derived from “huulipuna”

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